@#23 .. Sure. ...

So, your current alias still has nothing.

Good to know.

@#19 ... You are simply being argumentative like an obstinate child. ...

Yeah, I've seen that deflection before from other aliases that seem to be adverse to answering simple questions.

... I said what I wanted to say. Then... on your insistence... I went above and beyond and engaged my AI Assistant... which expanded on what I had already said. ...

Above and beyond? Hardly.

More like a cop-out.

So, ya got nothing, and it seems your current alias feels the need to pull in an AI chatbot to substantiate what it says.

In a word... lame.

... You used the magic words.."please provide". ...

And I'll ask again (from my #12 comment)...

... You used the magic words.."please provide". ...

Everyone is stagnating?

Please provide numbers to support that assertion.

Why does your current alias seem to be so adverse to answering a simple question?

More from the article...
... Editor's note: we have been made aware that the draft form of the book that was reviewed contains some significant errors. We are looking into the details of the errors further. We are leaving the piece up in the mean time, as it provides some context for the discussion of this review in our comments.

At noon on May 3, the fire chief in the oil town of Fort McMurray was on TV telling everyone that the situation was in hand and they should stay at work and school and go to little league or whatever as usual. He had been watching the fire for a couple of days, but business as usual was what they did in Alberta in the spring; it was wildfire season, after all. At 2:05 evacuation orders started to come through. By 10 that night, much of the city that was not yet incinerated was burning.

The combination of extreme, record-breakingly high temperatures (91 F) with extreme, record-breakingly low humidity (15 percent), wind, and tons of dry fuel made for perfect fire weather. While this explosive combination used to be unattainable, it is occurring with growing frequency around the globe, including in areas that never experienced wildfires before.

After destroying the city and the mines that fueled everything about it, the Fort McMurray Fire went on to burn for 15 months, until August 2, 2017. Fire Weather tells its story, and tries to place it in the context of our warming world. ...[emphasis in the article]

@#18 ... so all the attempts to force Collective blame on every Christian in America was misplaced badly? ...

I'm not yet convinced that I would go that far based upon what I've seen. :)

@#16 ... I just find it hilarious that you would shoot yourself in the foot like that. ...

Yeah, there's that...

@#15 ... Are you drunk or are you having a stroke? ...

So, you're new here.

Good to know.

... Sweden can go to Hell. ...

Why?

... I am not Allah. ...

I did not see anyone saying you were.

What's yer point?

I've been on a train that was not able to move along the tracks because of the uphill nature of the tracks and the lack of traction due to leaves on the tracks.

Basically, we (i.e., all those on the train) just sat there, wheels a spinnin'.

It's a big problem around here...

More from the article...

..."Slippery track" season is ways away, but MTA officials are already thinking about the inevitable issues caused by fall leaves falling on Metro-North tracks and their plans involve more laser beams.

Following a successful pilot program this past fall, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) approved a contract on Wednesday that will allow the Metro-North Railroad to outfit a second train to use lasers to help fight the impacts of fallen leaves on the tracks and minimize the number of cars taken out of service during the fall season.

Railroads that operate in the Northeast, including Metro-North, experience leaf fall-induced low adhesion, caused by the slick pectin left by crushed leaves on rails, which get even more slippery with rain. Some commuter lines even release a reduced service "slippery track season schedule" in the fall.

When a train tries to speed up or slow down, the pectin can cause the wheels to slip or slide along the rails. According to the MTA, in severe cases, the train will automatically make an emergency stop because the on-board computer system perceives "slip-sliding" as the train not slowing down when it should. This slip-sliding and emergency braking also creates flat spots on the train's wheels, forcing Metro-North to take equipment out of service for repairs.

The MTA says that during the pilot study last fall, Metro-North was able to safely clean over 12,000 miles of track with the laser train, resulting in a 40 percent reduction in slip/slide events and the lowest wheel-true cost season on record. ...

@#10 ... In summary, the Turkish economy has made significant progress in the last 20 years ...

So, the [l]ast 20 years have been good.

But I got to ask, why not cite statistics from the last one or two years?

And, please, stop asking AI to buttress what you post here.

I mean, really. Is your current alias that clueless that it seems to need AI to help it?

That seems to be what your posts state.

@#10 ... This is the age of AI... why bother little old me for answers? ...

I am not bothering "little old" you for answers.

I am asking "little old" you to substantiate what your current alias posts.

See the difference?

@#9 ... It's stagnating now because everyone is stagnating ...

Everyone is stagnating?

Please provide numbers to support that assertion.

thx.

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...Why it matters: Memorial Day weekend is considered the official start of swimming season. Experts tell Axios they worry the shortage will mean a higher chance of drownings and pool injuries.

- - - About a third of more than 309,000 public pools are affected by the shortage, per estimates from the American Lifeguard Association.

- - - This doesn't include beaches, water parks and other venues, which also may have to trim hours, stay closed or operate with "no lifeguard on duty signs." ...

@#15 .. Affirmative action hires just because you are black. ...

Really?

Got any evidence of that?

@#28 ... dead on ...

Finland is flexing it's muscles here.

Pres Putin needs to take notice of the ramifications of his unprovoked invasion of a sovereign country.

What has happened is the opposite of what he seemed to have expected.

Europe, specifically, the EU and NATO are now stronger, more united, than ever.

And Pres Putin now has to deal with a NATO border on his country that has doubled in length.

Is this his expected outcome of his "short, two or three week" invasion (takeover attempt) of a sovereign Ukraine?

I doubt it.

Pres Putin blew it.

Bug time.

...

@#13 ... Anything that enhances "opportunity".

This gives opportunity, which was taking from black by Jim Crow and institutional racism. ...

So. a more affirmative action approach?

@#19 ... I guess I've become an inadvertent victim ...

Oh please don't claim the usual Republican, "I'm a victim."

I mean, really, that's all ya got in response to my question?

@#6

Thanks for your reply.

... 3. Turkey made economic progress since he came along. Otherwise they were stagnating. ...

Please provide details on how the Turkish economy was stagnating, and how it is not currently stagnating.

Also, please mention the inflation rate of the Turkish economy...

@#16 ... I think Miranda7 is actually Ann Coulter. ...

Nah.

Just because an alias ~copies 'n' posts~ some comments does not mean that the person is the one who is copied 'n' posted.

It merely means that the person doing the copying is unable to form an opinion without being told what that opinion should be.

In other words, a typical FoxNews viewer, apparently.

@#10 ... Democrats spent 4 years derailing the country while Trump was president. ...

Yeah, yer gonna need to be a whole lot more specific that that.

URLs would be appreciated.

What's yer got?

@#12 ... Keep in mind these are the same people who are certain they know more than doctors or climatologists. ...

What your current alias needs to keep in mind is that politics, i.e. what governs us, is funded by campaign contributions.

So, if the ~anti-Americans~ have more funds, then we are screwed.

In other words, did fmr Pres Reagan have a long-term purpose when he emptied the mental institutions onto the streets of America?

Are we now blessed with the ramifications of his act?

@#14 ... Kissinger should be considered a war criminal. ...

Why?

@#16

Good, you finally seems to have gotten its "quote of others" decipherable.

Thanks for that.

Now, what were you saying?

Oh yeah...

... I'll bet you 10,000 TrumpBucks ...

So, you have no confidence in what you post?

I mean really... Trump Bucks?

They are worthless.

If you want to bet something, be more realistic.

:)

@#14

Yeah, this is not over.

By a long shot.

It is not over....

@#11 ... Reparations is doable if presented in the right light. ...

And what is that "right light" such that reparations are doable, in your view?